Citing "uncertainty surrounding the economic outlook," Portland Mayor Sam Adams told city bureau directors today to hold back on new spending requests for next year's budget, and to prepare for "significant program cuts"—between 4 and 8 percent—in the next fiscal year.“A full economic recovery has not yet happened. Unemployment is still very high, and few economists are predicting the type o...
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Wednesday's WW described Portland mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith as "famously scattered and frenetic."Today, we got the following email—filled with gibberish—from Smith's campaign. It might seem to provide evidence to support the above description. Then again, it was evidently not Smi...
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Tonight at 6 pm at Portland Community College's CLIMB center on Southeast Water Street will host a forum for local business owners called the "changing face of retail."The title is as dull as all-get-out, but if you're a retailer, this event may actually be worth your time. It was put together in part by Sarah Shaoul, owner of More

City and county workers aren’t getting rich—but they’re doing better than their neighbors.

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Mayor Sam Adams and other local leaders want to attract
renewed attention to growing economic disparities across the city
(“Equally Confused,” WW, Aug. 31, 2011).
There’s
one gap they may pr
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Financial reports for the mayor’s race show key differences between Charlie Hales and Eileen Brady.

Bus Project founder and State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) announced today that he will run for mayor. The current field of candidates to replace Mayor Sam Adams includes former City Commissioner Charlie Hales and New Seasons Market co-founder Eileen Brady.
WW previously reported that Smith wa...
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Oregon missed the 9/11-industrial train, but one local defense contractor has thrived.

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Since 2001, the U.S. government has spent $8 trillion on
defense and homeland security, but that largesse has resulted in few
local jobs.
Oregon receives
roughly one-fifth the national average in
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